An estimated 100,000 people had gathered to celebrate the holiday of Lag b’Omer (Israel Deaths)

welcome back to U i E TV channel please subscribe to our channel for further video and news directly into your inbox. please watch full video report. Dozens Dead in Stampede at Israel Religious Celebration. An estimated 100,000 people had gathered to celebrate the holiday of Lag b’Omer. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident a “terrible disaster.” JERUSALEM — A stampede at a religious celebration that drew tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews to a mountain in northern Israel late Thursday left dozens dead and scores more injured. “A terrible disaster,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, as conflicting reports trickled in from Mount Meron. By some estimates, about 100,000 people were crammed together near midnight to celebrate the holiday of Lag b’Omer, when ultra-Orthodox Jews traditionally convene at the tomb of a prominent rabbi from antiquity on Mount Meron. The festivities include dancing and bonfires. A video said to have been taken right before the stampede showed a m